7 Injured Including 4 Kids In I-40 Accident
An overnight accident along Interstate 40 in Crossville left seven people injured, one critically. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports the one-vehicle accident happened around 2:30am near mile marker 320. A vehicle driven by 48-year-old Dorthy Clark of Clinton ran across the left rumble strips. Clark over corrected and left the right side of the roadway. […]
Quarry At 70/I-40 Rezoned
The Cookeville Planning Commission voted Monday night to rezone 59 acres of land along Spring Street and Interstate 40 to quarry and mining. Planning Director Jon Ward called it the best way to control the future of the land in question. The rezoning, from general commercial, does not include 600 feet along Spring Street, an […]
Hydroplaning Causes 4 I-40 Wrecks
The Tennessee Highway Patrol worked four accidents Thursday afternoon along a three-mile stretch of Interstate 40 as heavy rains pelted the region. A three-car pileup near mile marker 294 began the afternoon just before 3:00pm. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s preliminary report, the vehicle driven by Shibu Mammem John of Nashville slowed because of […]
NJ Man Dies In I-40 Crash Near Monterey
A deadly week on Upper Cumberland roads continued Friday morning when a New Jersey man lost his life in a collision with a tractor-trailer along Interstate 40. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports 31-year-old Viram B. Dangar of Jersey City, NJ died around 3:00am Friday morning. Dangar’s car struck a right guardrail before bouncing across both […]
Rollover Closes I-40 Westbound Saturday Night
An overturned tractor trailer has a portion of Putnam County’s Interstate 40 closed Saturday night. The westbound lanes of the interstate are completely closed as of 10:30pm following the rollover. The incident happened near mile marker 270 between the Buffalo Valley and Smithville exits. Construction had been taking place in this area earlier Saturday. It […]
TRAFFIC ALERT: I-40 West Slowed In Putnam
Construction Saturday afternoon on Interstate 40 has slowed traffic. Westbound lanes near mile marker 270 in Putnam County are slowed between the Smithville and Buffalo Valley exits. Putnam County 911 reports traffic is moving at roughly 10 mph. Travelers going westbound may want to use alternate routes Saturday afternoon.
Arkansas Woman Dies In I-40 Crash
A Tuesday morning wreck that closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 for several hours has left an Arkansas woman dead. 29-year-old Jessica Maie Detter was a passenger in a car driven by 40-year-old Orrin William Burbank of Geneva, MN. The two were traveling eastbound near mile marker 276 around 5:30am Tuesday morning. According to […]
I-40 Eastbound Closed At 276
A motor vehicle crash on Interstate 40 has closed the eastbound lanes in Putnam County Tuesday morning. The incident happened just after 5:30am at mile marker 276, near the Smithville/McMinnville exit. The accident is in the Silver Point area. A lifeflight helicopter reportedly is being flown into the area. The duration of the closing remains […]
Expect Delays This Weekend Around Exit 317
Expect delays again this weekend around Crossville exit 317 on Interstate 40 as resurfacing and bridge repair work takes place. T-DOT will begin work Friday night, creating temporary lane closures on US-127 over the interstate and beneath the bridge on I-40. Lanes will remain open to traffic over the weekend. The construction will continue through […]
Exit 317 Repairs Will Slow Weekend I-40 Traffic
Expect traffic delays this weekend on Cumberland County’s portion of Interstate 40. Bridge deck repairs on US 127 over I-40 will close one I-40 lane in each direction beginning Friday at 7pm. This is the main Crossville artery at Exit 317. The road work will last through Monday at 6am when the lanes will be […]
